A new version 0.3.12 of the Easel Driver is now available. The next time you carve in Easel, you will be prompted to upgrade. You may also download it immediately at http://easel.inventables.com/downloads.

Do you have a screenshot of the errors you were seeing? If possible please send me a private message with the errors you were seeing so I can help try to get Easel up and running on your machine.
If you are installing through the command line please use the following command in the folder you downloaded the file into, replacing the file name at the end, if necessary.

I spent the last two days installing and configuring Lubuntu on a couple of older laptops. There were lots of fits and starts while I played with various distributions before settling on Lubuntu. I am a bit fatigued and have far too much stray information buzzing in my head. That’s probably why I am stuck at a simple problem.

These laptops will be semipermanently installed in my school shop for the students to use specifically with the X-Carve machines.

I’m running Easel on Firefox with no problems. I designed a little test carve project without issue and am ready to carve. But I am having trouble installing the Easel Driver.

When I click Carve, I get the “Install the Easel Driver” pop-up with the message “No need to worry about configuration-just run the installer and you’ll be ready to carve.”

I click the option “Download for Linux”, and then I am down the rabbit hole!

I am prompted to Open with [Ark (default)] which I did.

I see the downloaded files in Ark, but I don’t know what to do next.

I see “control.tar.tz”, “data.tar.xz”, and “debian-binary” I assume I need to extract these…or maybe I need to run the binary, or ??? I’m getting prompts to name files and choose file locations and I am paralyzed by fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

Hey @ChristopherDahle,
Lubuntu us not officially supported distribution, and is aimed towards bit more advanced users as it does not come with some convenience software other distros do have. We recommend using standard Ubuntu 18.04 where installing Easel Driver is as simple as double clicking the downloaded file.

Now since you have already set up a couple of laptops let’s try getting this driver working on what you have.
Try running the following commands in terminal, one line at a time

cd ~/Downloads
sudo apt install -y -f ./EaselDriver-0.3.12.deb

First command changes the directory you downloaded the files to - here I assume it’s Downloads. Second command installs the Easel Driver. The EaselDriver-0.3.12.deb is simply the name of the file you downloaded.

The correct file was not in /Downloads, so the “cd ~/” was right, but it was a different directory.

I used the PCmanFM file manager to search around to find the file, which was actually in /tmp/mozilla-user where user is the name of my machine. From there, I used a dropdown tool in the file manager to open a terminal window, but cd would have done just as well.

I had previously extracted the files using Ark. I am not sure that was necessary because the terminal window seemed to indicate the installer was taking care of it.

Bottom line is that both machines (one is Arduino/G-Shield based, the other has an X-Controller) are working just fine with Easel/Firefox under Lubuntu Linux.

Lubuntu is supposed to be a light Linux for older machines. My machines are ca. 2010 HP G-61 laptops. In the shop they will have neither bells nor whistles and will be used for the X-carves only. Schools are overflowing with obsolete computers because people in the community love to dump their e-waste on us and then claim a tax deduction, so I am going to get a few more years out of machines that would otherwise be headed for the landfill.